Staff Backend Engineer for Scalable Rental Platforms

Worky

West Bay Club (FL)

On-site

USD 149,000 - 201,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Hertz rental discount
Paid Time Off
Medical/Dental/Vision plans
401(k) matching
Parental Leave

Job summary

Hertz Corporation in the United States is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale rental systems powering core operations. You will own backend architecture and drive end-to-end solutions for reservations, pricing, fleet, and checkout.

The role emphasizes scalable microservices, cloud deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, and security best practices, with a focus on performance and reliability. Salary starts at $175k and growth opportunities are based on performance.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Proven experience building and scaling production-grade systems.
  • Experience in domain-heavy systems (rental, travel, e-commerce) preferred.
  • Proficiency in APIs and microservices design.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain production services.
  • Develop backend services using Java, Node.js, or similar technologies.
  • Design and implement RESTful APIs.
  • Architect scalable, distributed rental platform systems.
  • Mentor engineers and promote best practices.
  • Collaborate with Product and UX teams to translate requirements.

Skills

Java
Spring Boot
Node.js
Microservices
AWS
REST APIs

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL
NoSQL

Job description

Hertz Corporation in the United States is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale rental systems powering core operations. You will own backend architecture and drive end-to-end solutions for reservations, pricing, fleet, and checkout.

The role emphasizes scalable microservices, cloud deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, and security best practices, with a focus on performance and reliability. Salary starts at $175k and growth opportunities are based on performance.

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